Nest attentiveness in Common Terns threatened by a model predator

Waterbirds

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 278-284

  Meehan, Timothy D ^a   Nisbet, Ian C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Common Tern; Nest attentiveness; nest defense; Parental quality; Predation; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; NEST GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; PEREGRINUS; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0036752909     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2002)025[0278:naictt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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